Join FEMA July 28 to Learn About Climate Change, Future Conditions, and Nature-Based Solutions

FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Division invites you to a webinar that will provide an overview and examples of climate change, future conditions and how nature-based solutions can help build community resilience against these issues. Additionally, panelists from FEMA, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss best practices when considering applications to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

22 Jul 2021

Hawaii CFM Matt Gosner is the new Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency’s Executive Director

Matthew Gonser is appointed as the City's Executive Director for the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency.

20 Jan 2021 0

STATE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION COMMISSION ENDORSES TOOLS FOR SEA LEVEL RISE PLANNING

At its October meeting, the Hawai’i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (Climate Commission) endorsed two recently completed documents that operationalize the recommendations of the state’s Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report (2017). These guidance documents, produced in support of the Commission’s Climate Ready Hawaiʻi Initiative, help state and county planners and government officials... Continue Reading →

29 Dec 2020 0

Wetter Than Average Conditions Predicted Over the Hawaiian Islands from October 2020 Through April 2021

According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, there is an ongoing La Nina event in the Pacific. This La Nina event is expected to persist through the spring of 2021. The consensus of climate models is projecting large scale wetter than average conditions over the Hawaiian Islands region from December 2020 through April 2021.

20 Oct 2020 0

Virginia Governor Announces Strong Flood Protections for State-Owned Property

Virginia is taking new steps to address climate change, launching one the country’s strongest flood protections for state-owned property...

13 Feb 2020 0

Oahu’s Disappearing Beaches

Sharing a Civil Beat's video interview with DLNR's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands Administrator, Sam Lemmo and Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Dr. Chip Fletcher. The group tour the south shore of Oahu discussing sea level rise and beach erosion. watch videoSource: Honolulu Civil Beat More information... Continue Reading →

22 Apr 2019 0